Sylvia Plath on depression
Sylvia Plath105 quotes“Please, I want so badly for the good things to happen.”
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Cheers for spring; for life; for a growing soul.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. Or I can go mad by ricocheting in between.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath How we need another soul to cling to, another body to keep us warm. To rest and trust; to give your soul in confidence: I need this, I need someone to pour myself into.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath I felt wise and cynical as all hell.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath I am myself. That is not enough.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath Before I give my body, I must give my thoughts, my mind, my dreams.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath I want to be important. By being different. And these girls are all the same.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath Let me live, love and say it well in good sentences.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath Love is a shadow. How you lie and cry after it
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath Opinions are like orgasms, mine matters most and I really don’t care if you have one.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath I want so obviously, so desperately to be loved, and to be capable of love.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath I felt overstuffed and dull and disappointed, the way I always do the day after Christmas.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath The abstract kills, the concrete saves.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath I find myself absolutely fulfilled when I have written a poem.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath I want so obviously, so desperately to be loved, and to be capable of love.
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